From e5b4983d6baf85770fe4539a565d8a2dd462bc53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jimmy Chen <jimmy@sigmaprime.io>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:17:30 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Release v8.0.0 rc.0 (#8127)

Testnet release for the upcoming Fusaka fork.





Co-Authored-By: Jimmy Chen <jchen.tc@gmail.com>

Co-Authored-By: Jimmy Chen <jimmy@sigmaprime.io>
---
 Cargo.lock                           | 8 ++++----
 beacon_node/Cargo.toml               | 2 +-
 boot_node/Cargo.toml                 | 2 +-
 common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs | 6 +++---
 lcli/Cargo.toml                      | 2 +-
 lighthouse/Cargo.toml                | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ee65108097..352ff77975 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "beacon_node"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "account_utils",
  "beacon_chain",
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boot_node"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "beacon_node",
  "bytes",
@@ -5051,7 +5051,7 @@ checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lcli"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "account_utils",
  "beacon_chain",
@@ -5561,7 +5561,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lighthouse"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "account_manager",
  "account_utils",
diff --git a/beacon_node/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/Cargo.toml
index dd7416af54..bb904a7619 100644
--- a/beacon_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "beacon_node"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.0"
 authors = [
     "Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>",
     "Age Manning <Age@AgeManning.com",
diff --git a/boot_node/Cargo.toml b/boot_node/Cargo.toml
index d431dbeadf..70d76ad483 100644
--- a/boot_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/boot_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "boot_node"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.0"
 authors = ["Sigma Prime <contact@sigmaprime.io>"]
 edition = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs b/common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs
index c45dbac4d3..574fdfea35 100644
--- a/common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ pub const VERSION: &str = git_version!(
         // NOTE: using --match instead of --exclude for compatibility with old Git
         "--match=thiswillnevermatchlol"
     ],
-    prefix = "Lighthouse/v7.1.0-",
-    fallback = "Lighthouse/v7.1.0"
+    prefix = "Lighthouse/v8.0.0-rc.0-",
+    fallback = "Lighthouse/v8.0.0-rc.0"
 );
 
 /// Returns the first eight characters of the latest commit hash for this build.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn version_with_platform() -> String {
 ///
 /// `1.5.1`
 pub fn version() -> &'static str {
-    "7.1.0"
+    "8.0.0-rc.0"
 }
 
 /// Returns the name of the current client running.
diff --git a/lcli/Cargo.toml b/lcli/Cargo.toml
index 2eed9da4c0..8f020e0387 100644
--- a/lcli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lcli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lcli"
 description = "Lighthouse CLI (modeled after zcli)"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.0"
 authors = ["Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>"]
 edition = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/lighthouse/Cargo.toml b/lighthouse/Cargo.toml
index bf8241f8a2..4139286b53 100644
--- a/lighthouse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lighthouse/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lighthouse"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.0"
 authors = ["Sigma Prime <contact@sigmaprime.io>"]
 edition = { workspace = true }
 autotests = false